Cash-carrier



2 Sheets-Sheet l. E C GIPE CASH CARRIER.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov.v 7, 1893.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

E. G. GIPE.

CASH CARRIER.

No. 508,303. Patented Nov. 7, 1893.

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EMANUEL O. GIPE, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

`CASH-C ARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,303, dated November 7, 1893.

Application led March 26, 1892.

T0 @Z5 whom t may concern Be 1t known that I, EMANUEL C. GIPE, a cltlzen of the United States of America, residving at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain n ew and useful Improvements in Cash-Oarriers, of which the following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to improvements in cash carriers of the same general class shown and described in my Patent No. 465,471, the object of the present invention being to improve certain features of construction of carriers of that class.

The invention is fully described and explalned in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the devlces used at the two ends of the track wire of a cash carrier line, one end of the line being supported at what is known inthe trade as -the salemans station and the otherend being similarly supported at what is known as the cashiers station.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a viewpartly in side elevation and partly in Vertical section of such a device embodying my invention as is used at a salesmans station in a cash carrying system. Fig. 2 is a top plan ofv the terminal portion of the horizontal arm,.or bracket, of the device. Fig. 3' is a vertical section showing parts of the cash cup of the movlng carrier -of the device. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the line w-x, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of such a device embodying my invention as isused at the cashiers station inv the system; and Fig. 6 is a top plan of the base plate which supports the brackets at the cashiers station.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A is a vertical and preferably tubular standard intended to be fastened in a vertical position to the ceiling, or other suitable support above it; B is a hollow casting encircling the lower portion of the standard, the upper end 'ot' the opening in the casting being of such sizel and form as to tit closely to the standard. The lateral diameter of the opening in the casting is substantially the same from top to bottom, and is about the same as thattof the standard A, but the diameter of the4 opening from front to rear increases gradually from top to bottom in the manner shown in. Figs.` l and't., By means of this variation of the size in the' opening,

Serial No. 426,474. (No model.)

the casting may be adjusted upon the standard, set screws S', Sbeing provided for etfecting the adjustment and securing the casting at any given angle, and a third set screw S, at the upper end of the casting being used as an' additlonal means of holding the casting in place. is integrally formed a projecting arm C, on whose outer end is rigidly fastened a plate O', vof suitable width at'its front end to suplport two cord carrying pulleys, or rollers R, .R, Figs. 1 and 2.

The plate O',when secured in place forms merely an extension of the arm Cpand is only `made ina separate piece for convenience of construction. A lever L, of the same general construction as the one shown in my prior patent already referred to, is pivoted to the arn C, near its junction with the casting B, the-lower end of the lever being provided with an operating handle H. The ends of a looped cord K, are fastened to the end of the lever, L, the two strands of the cord being carried over the edges of the rollers, R, R, and through the plate C', and the loop k, at the middle of the cord being below the plate. Friction springs s, s, are fastened to theplate in such positions as to press Vthe two strands of the cord against the edges of the rollers and thus to prevent the central part of the cord from dropping downward by its own p weight. Beneath the arm C, and plate C', is stretched the usual track wire W, which passes through the lower end B', of the castingB, and is held in proper relation thereto by means of a set screw S3, set in the lower end of the casting. I have found it convenient to use a short set screw whose length is pin being pressed upward against the wire by On the front of the casting B,

the set screw. On the track wire W, runs a carrier D, of the usual general construction, the carrier being supported and guided by rollers, R', R', resting on the wire. In the ends of the frame of the carrier are formed notches, N, N', so placed as to be just above the track wire, and as the carrier approaches the standard A, and casting B, the notch N', v

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upper face of the arm C. Above the wire, W. and about midway between it and the lower surface of the arm C, is an approximately horizontal plate E, having its front end E', inclined upward in the manner shown in Fig. 1, the entire plate being supported by a second plate E2, preferably of spring metal, whose upper end is fastened to the arm, C, while its lower and rear end is fastened to the plate E, near the rear end thereof. The carrier frame D, is formed with two upward extensions on whose upper ends are secured friction blocks d, d, Fig. l, of leather or similar material. As the carrier approaches, the standard A, the block d, at the corresponding end of the cai'- rier strikes the inclined portion, E', of the plate E, and presses it slightly upward, and as the carrier advances, the block moves along the under surface of the plate E, elevating the entire plate. When the block reaches the rear portion of the plate, E, it raises the rear end of the plate and depresses the front end, and this inclination of the plate prevents the accidental return of the carrier.

In practice, I have found it desirable to make the plates E, E', of spring metal, but this is not essential, as I have found that a rigid plate supported at a point between its ends, so as to be inclined downward and backward when the carrier is in front of its balancing point, and downward and forward when the carrier is in rear of that point, operates practically and successfully.

In Figs. 5 and 6 which illustrate the device which I use at the cashiers station, A', A' are two standards secured to the ceiling, or other overhead support, and B' is a preferably circular plate formed with a series of bolt holes b, for the attachment of any desired number of brackets B2, each corresponding to a carrier track of the system. To the upper or front end of each of the brackets B2, is fas tened by means of a bolt S4, the upper end of a dependent casting C2, which supports an arm C, and plate C', corresponding exactly to the similar parts at the salemans station. To the arm C, is pivoted a lever L, having a handle, H, and operating a cord K, passing over pulleys R, R, in the plate C', and the stop E, E', E2, is secured to the lower face of the arm C, in the manner already described. The track wire W, passes through the lower end of the casting C2, and is secured in proper relation thereto by means of a set screw S5, Fig. 5, and by means of this set screw and the bolt S4, the casting C2, and arm C, may be secured in any desired position. The object of this adjustment as well as of the adjustment of the casting B, Fig. l, is to bring the arms C, C, of the devices at the salesmans station and the cashiers station into a line parallel to the track wire, and in order to accomplish this, the wire is first stretched tight, and the castings B, C2, are then adjusted with reference to it by means of the set screws S, S', S2, S3, S4, S5. The carrier frame D,is provided with a downwardly extending neck D', formed with slots d', in its opposite faces, the lower margin of each of the slots being inclined npward from one end toward the other. The neck D', is formed with two oppositely placed vertical offsets or projections adapted to permit the upward movement of pins P, P, set at opposite points on the neck f, of a cup F, adapted to be suspended from the carrier frame. The neck of the cup fits within the neck D', of the carrier frame and the projections D2, on the latter, are so placed that when the pinst have been moved upward asufcient distance, the cup may be rotated, and the pins will enter and follow the slots d ,in the neck D'. The upward inclination of the lower margins of the slots presses the pins P, 1;, and the cup F, upward against a spring all, fastened in the upper part of the neck D thus holding the cup firmly in place and preventing any jarring or rattling thereof. u

The drawings illustrate the constrpction of a single line connecting one salesman s statlon with a cashiers station, but the lines may evidently be duplicated as desired in the construction of a system for the use of any place of business.

Having now described and explained I ny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a cash carrier apparatus, the combination with a suitably supported track wire and a suitable cashiers station at the end thereof, of a suitably supported standard A, at the opposite end of the track wire, a hollow casting B, inclosing the lower portion of the standard and formed with a central opening wider at its lower than at its upper end, and set screws S', S2, set in the walls of the casting and impinging upon the standard therein whereby the casting may be adjusted upon the standard, substantially as shown and described. i'

2. In a cash carrier apparatus the combination with the track wire and the salesmans station at one end thereof, of the suitably supported plate B', at the opposite end of the track, the bracket B2, secured thereon in the vertical plane of the track wire, the casting C2, adjustably suspended from the end of the bracket and means, substantially as shown and described, for adjusting the'casting. 1n the plane of the wire and fixing 1ts relation thereto; substantiallyas shown and described.

3. The combination with the wire W, the suitably supported plate B', and the bracket B2, of the casting C2,'formed with the arm C, C', and the set screws S4 S5, adapted to secure the casting C2, and arm C, C', in suitable relation to the wire W; substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination with the track wire W, the arm C, supported above the track and the carrier moving on the track, of the plate E, lying between the wire and the arm C, and having its end E', turned upward, and the plate E2, having its upper end fastened to the arm C, and its lower end fastened to the IOO IIO

plate E, at a point between the ends thereof; thedropping downward ofl the oord throughsubstantially as shown and described.` 4 its. own weight; substantially as shown and 5. The combination with the track wire, the described. standard A, the arm supported above the wire, In witness whereof I have signedthis speci- 15 5 and the lever pivoted upon the arm, of the ication, in the presence of two subscribing pulleys R, R, set inthe outer end of the arm, Witnesses, at Freeport aforesaid, this 12th the springs s, s, lying in. the planes of the. day of March, A. D. 1892. A f pulleys, and the cord K, passing between the I EMANUEL C. GIPE.

pulleys and the springs s, s, and havingits Witnesses: 1o ends fastened to the lever, whereby the fricx R. H. WILES,

tion of the springs upon the eord'prevents o J. A. GRAIN. 

